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I. L. RHEUTAN.

ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 1915.

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ISAAC LEWIS RI-IIEU'I'AN, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNIONENVELOPE COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

ENVELOP.

Application filed March 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Isaac L. RHEUTAN, citizenof the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county 'of Henricoand State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Envelops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described,reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which I have shown anumber of forms of the in vention, selected by me for the purpose ofillustration, and said invention is fully disclosed in the followingdescription and claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan viewof my preferred form of envelop blank which is adapted to be folded andpasted to form a 7 four pocket envelop. Fig. 2 is a similar View showingthe side flaps folded upon the body portion. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe back of the completed envelop. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modifiedform of blank, which is also adapted to be assembled to form a fourpocket envelop. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the blank shown in Fig. 4.,but showing the partition flap folded upon the body of the envelop. Fig.6 is a view of the back of the completed envelop, as made from the blankshown in Figs. L and 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view of another modified formof blank, which is similar to that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, exceptthat the central line of adhesive is omitted in order to form an envelophaving one large and two small pockets. Fig. 8 is a View similar 'toFig. 7 showing the side flaps folded upon the body of the envelop. Fig.9 is a similar view showing the back flap folded upon the side flaps.Fig. 10 is a plan view of a further modified form of blank for a threepocket envelop. Fig. 11 is asimilar view showing theside flaps of theblank shown in Fig. 10 folded upon the body portion of the envelop andconnected together at their meeting edges.

The object of my invention is to provide an envelop, which isparticularly well adapted for use in church collection systems, in whichsaid envelops are primarily intended Specification of LettersPatent. i

Patented Dec. '7, 1915.

Serial No. 15,308.

for the reception of contributions of money, etc., to be applied tospecific purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide an envelop of thischaracter, having a greater number of pockets than those envelops usedheretofore, whereby a greater number of causes may be subscribed to, anda single envelop used.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, ldesignates the body of my preferred envelop, which is oblong in shapeand is provided on its lateral edges 1th side flaps 2 adapted to befolded over on the main body and which are of such length that whenfolded a space is left between their free ends. A back flap 3 isprovided on the lower edge of said body 1 and a sealing flap 4 isprovided upon the upper edge of said body. These flaps are folded alongthe lines 5, 6 and 7 respectively, to form the complete envelop.

The back flap corresponds approximately in form and dimensions to thebody portion 1 to provide a large unbroken surface upon the rear of theenvelop for the purpose of printing informative data, as to the use ofthe different pockets of the complete envelop. An adhesive 8 is appliedupon the body portion 1 and upon the back flap 3 intermediate theirlateral edges, for a purpose hereinafter described and a score line orweakened portion 9is provided across the face of the envelopintermediate its ends for the purpose of permitting the separation ofthe completed envelop into separate sealed envelops, each having twopockets.

The side flaps 2 are each preferably provided along their outer edgewith a line of adhesive 10 and in making up or folding the envelop theseflaps 2 are first folded along the lines 5, over upon the body portion,where said adhesives 8 and 10 unite the outer edges of the sidefiaps tothe center of thebody 1. The back flap 3, which is also provided on itslateral edges with an adhesive 11, is then folded along the line 6 overupon the side flaps and is joined to said side flaps and to the centralportion of the body by the adhesives 8 and 11. It will, therefore, bemanifest that two pockets will be provided between the side flaps 2 andthe body 1 of the envelop and two pockets will also be formed betweenthe back flap 3 and the side fiaps.

Cut away portions 12 are also provided In Figs. 4, and c I haveillustrated a slight modification of my invention, in which.

1 is the body of the envelop, 2 the side flap, 3 the partition flap and4: the sealing flap.

In this instance, however, the partition flap is first folded upon thebody and con- I nected tothe same by the adhesives 5 and 6* to provide aplurality of pockets between the partition flap 3 and the body 1 Theside flap 2 are then folded upon the partition 3*- and connected to thesame by the, adhesive 7, which is provided upon the lateral edges ofsaid side flaps, and the adhesive 8 which is provided upon the loweredges of said side flaps, thereby forming a pocket between each of theside flaps 2 and the partition 3.

Thetwo envelops described above are four pocket envelops and I shall nowdescribe my improved three pocket envelop, which is quite similarthereto.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs 7, 8 and 9, theblank is exactly the same as that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, with theexception that the central adhesive 8 and score line 9 are omitted. Theblankis also folded exactly as in the envelop shown in said Figs. 1 to 3and by omitting the adhesive from the center of the envelop and securingthe back flap 3 atits lateral edges only to the side flaps 2, a largepocket is provided between the side flaps 2 and the, back flap 3 and twosmallenpoekets are provided betweenthe side flaps and the body 1 of theenvelop.

In the last modification illustrated in Flgs. l0 and 11, the blank isprecisely the same as that shown in Figs. 1 to 3, with the exceptionthat the score line 9 and the adhesive 8 is omitted from the body 1 ofthe envelop and the side flaps are lengthened and the adhesive 10omitted from one of them. In making up this form I first fold the sideflaps over upon the body portion 1 and connect their meeting ends by theadhesive 10, after which the back flap is folded and gummed in a mannersimilar to the envelop shown in .with near the center of the same,

- Figs. 1 to 3 and described heretofore. With two smaller pockets willbe provided between the side flaps and the back flap 3..

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that I have devised a novelenvelop, in which provision is made for the separate reception of anumber of contributions to be applied to different purposes.

It is also obvious that other variations may be made in the details ofthe construction without departing from the spirit of my invention andI, therefore, do not limit myself to the exact details herein shown anddescribed.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An envelopcomprising a body portion, provided with side flaps, a back and asealing flap, said flaps being so gummedthat a partition will beprovided between the front and rear of the envelop, said partition beingconnected intermediate its ends to a portion of the. envelop, whereby aplurality of pockets will be provided both longitudinally of the envelopand transversely thereof, having the same sealing flap for all.

2. An envelop comprising a body portion provided with side flaps, a backand a sealing flap, the side flaps being folded inwardly upon the bodyand being connected theresaid back flap being superposed upon the sideflaps and being connected to the same at their outer edges.

3. An envelop comprising a body portion provided with side flaps, a backand a sealing flap, the side flaps being provided on folded and theirouter edges with an adhesive and being folded inwardly upon the body andbeing connected to the center of the same by said adhesive, said backflap being provided on its lateral edges and intermediate its-ends withan adhesive and being folded upwardly upon the side flaps and connectedto the same by the adhesive on said back flap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ISAAC LEWIS RHEUTAN.

Witnesses R. A. MANN, E. J. MOREY.

